USA Has 47% Chance Of Beating Belgium; Updated Odds For Each World Cup Round of 16 Game

Now that the Group stages of the World Cup have concluded, it’s time to review the upcoming Round of 16 games to see which teams have the best odds of advancing through to the quarter-finals of World Cup 2014.

Before we share the data, here’s a note from the editor.

Editor’s note: Chris McFarland’s analysis beat Nate Silver’s Soccer Power Index predictions for the Group stages of the World Cup. Silver’s predictions were 56.25% correct, while McFarland scored a 62.5% success rate. McFarland’s analysis that the USA would advance from the Group stage was also correct.

Roberto Martinez spoke about Belgium on ESPN. He said that Belgium have a team of outstanding Individual talent but don’t seem to have the team cohesion. And in this world cup, team togetherness and cohesion has shown to be the “x” factor for teams winning.

This is so american! You cant quantify the significance of a south american world cup for teams like mex and crc. Chile has an excellent chance of beating brazil, colombia are incredible and uruguay are through on a suarez brace and a questionable card.

Usa drew/beat an injured portugal and a disintegrating ghana, belgium will be your first real opponent.

thos odds are a joke right , remmeber they vist us back in may this year, they walked over us 2-4 and they even did not use there best players. I followed there matches to lead to world cup and they are getting better. Our world cup will end next match for sure. i even see them beating Argentina , Belgium are masters in cleaning up even the best defence and striking on even the smallest change

Belgium clearly are a stronger and more talented team. But their victories in their group weren’t as impressive as the Dutch and France.

All along, my worry wasn’t about our group, I thought we could get out with 4 points, it was Belgium. The way the US is playing right now, I’d say 4 to 1 for the US. Before the World Cup started, I would have been closer to 10 to 1.

Lol, you can be as patriotic as you want. You’re telling me the U.S. will 1) Beat Belgium in regular time. (they are undefeated when Courtois is keeping) and 2) Will score 4 goals while they only had a maximum of 1 goal the entire qualifiers. You, my friend, are clueless

A game is a game and outcome is not always logical so everything can happen. but if you crunch the numers and the stats our outlook is not that good, we got a single win to pass thanks to a bad playing portugal. Its not that we played good the other team just sucked more. Even if Belgium dont run on 100% i think they still outclass us by far. I think Jurgen klinslann is trying just to keep spirits up and hopeing they get a lucky break like what happen with penalty in matc Algeria/Belgium. If you see what quality Belgian team posses and compare it to us , well you get the picture!!!!

I feel the odds for Chile are too low. Although I do feel Brazil will win game.

Columbia odds should be around 70% for winning.

Netherlands-Mexico is about right

Costa Rica – Greece; this is an interesting one. I feel Costa Rica may have the better odds due to where the game is being played, in Recife. But the Greeks bunker know how to “bunker in”.

I think this game will come down to PK’s.

France-Nigeria is about right

Germany – Algeria. Statistically and on paper the odds are correct, but (a cautious but)Germany in the past have had an attitude issue when playing certain African teams. I don’t think they’ll lose but they may get a goal scored against them early on and have to pull it together to assert themselves to win.

Argentina – Switzerland, another on paper it’s Argentina but if Argentina dependance is on Messi only, this could be a difficult game for them.

USA-Belgium, I think the odds are about right. The “wild card” in this match is coaching and tactics. Klinsmann vs Wilmots.